The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

专题 : 加强监控境外NGO政策被指大倒退 (Special topic: increased monitoring of overseas NGOs seen as a great setback)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/features/hottopic/Feature-NGO-05202015113352.html

贾西津:用国家安全视角看境外NGO管理法
Considering the foreign NGO law from the perspective of national security
Phoenix News, May 11, 2015
CH: http://news.ifeng.com/a/20150511/43732232_0.shtml/
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/用国家安全视角看境外ngo管理法/

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Draft Law on Foreign NGOs Undermines Chinese Civil Society and China’s International Engagement
Human Rights in China, May 21, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and

Feedback and Suggestions on the “Overseas NGO Management Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft)” (Second reading)
Anthony Spires (translated by China Development Brief), May 20, 2015
http://chinadevelopmentbrief.cn/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/OverseasNGODraftLaw-Feedback-and-Suggestion-English-version-Final-Draft.pdf


境外非政府组织管理法(草案二次审议稿)全文 (Overseas NGO Draft Law (2nd draft for review)) [Proposed Overseas NGO Draft Law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-05/05/content_1935666.htm

Interview with Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei: “The State is scared”
Der Spiegel, May 20, 2015
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/spiegel-interview-with-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-a-1034661-druck.html

China holds two activists linked to Heilongjiang shooting death
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/files-05202015150018.html

These Chinese people want high-speed rail so badly they are fighting police to get it
Foreign Policy, May 19, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/19/linshui-china-high-speed-rail-protest-police/

拒发护照--中国打压异议的强力工具 (Denial of passports: A powerful tool to suppress dissent in China)
Deutsche Welle, May 21, 2015
http://www.dw.de/拒发护照-中国打压异议的强力工具/a-18463764

信息公开 引导公众参与环境保护(Open government information leads to public participation in environmental protection)
China Radio International, May 20, 2015
http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2015/05/20/6351s4969048.htm

Related:

中华人民共和国环境保护法
Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China
The National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China
CH: http://www.npc.gov.cn/huiyi/lfzt/hjbhfxzaca/2014-04/25/content_1861320.htm
EN: https://www.chinadialogue.net/Environmental-Protection-Law-2014-eversion.pdf

河北回迁房烂尾300业主维权遭抓打 (Replacements for demolished buildings left unfinished in Hebei: 300 proprietors and activists protest, some beaten and picked up by police)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-05202015103027.html